A government-watchdog group filed complaints asking the FEC and Justice Department to investigate a $150,000 payment to a former Playboy centerfold model who sold her story of an alleged affair with President Donald Trump to the publisher of the National Enquirer.

A government-watchdog group filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department asking the agencies to investigate a $130,000 payment arranged by President Donald Trump’s lawyer to a former adult-film star before the 2016 presidential election.

A lawyer for President Donald Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film star a month before the 2016 election as part of an agreement that precluded her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump.

Wal-Mart suspended programs that require suspected shoplifters to undergo an education program for a fee, as more local officials questioned the legality of asking people for money under threat of criminal sanctions.

The House passed a bill to enable gun owners who legally carry concealed firearms in one state to carry them in the other 49 states, sending a major expansion of gun rights to the Senate, where it faces Democratic opposition.

To Trump’s supporters, ex-National Security Adviser Mike Flynn’s guilty plea proved that investigators were nowhere near proving collusion with Russians to interfere in the 2016 president election, while critics said it was a milestone in the investigation.